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Delivering More than Food: Understanding and Operationalizing Racial Equity in Food Hubs

08/24/2020 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
EDT
Virtual
Rich Pirog
517.353.0694

Food hubs are often perceived as addressing injustices in U.S. food systems, particularly by increasing economic power of small- and mid-size producers and bolstering local and regional supply chains. Many food hubs report having a social mission. Although there has been a national food hub survey every two years since 2013, the survey has not shed light on the extent to which racial equity is an institutionalized priority in food hub work.

The webinar will share results from a qualitative study led by a diverse group of food system practitioners as to how U.S. based food hubs understand and operationalize engagement in racial equity work. We will share examples of how food hubs operationalize equity within their business, and with their partners, and with the community they serve. Authors and food hub leader discussants will also offer perspectives on the deeper questions that must be addressed to meaningfully support equity across the food system. 

The report upon which the webinar is based, Delivering More Than Food: Understanding and Operationalizing Racial Equity in Food Hubs, will be available for access at the time of the webinar.

Featuring:

  • Kimberly Carr - MSU Center for Regional Food Systems
  • Dennis Derryck – Corbin Hill Food Project
  • Haile Johnston – The Common Market
  • Rich Pirog - MSU Center for Regional Food Systems
  • Sarah Rodman Alvarez - University of La Verne – California
  • Roxana Rodriguez - University of California Berkeley
  • Philip Warsaw – MSU Department of Community Sustainability

Registration is required for this webinar.

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